U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program

Since 2005, the U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program has brought together members of Japan’s National Diet and leading U.S. experts for strategic discussions on the issues shaping the bilateral relationship and the broader Indo-Pacific region. As one of the CSIS Japan Chair program’s longest-running initiatives, it serves as a trusted forum for candid, high-level dialogue with Japanese policymakers across generations of leadership, from senior statesmen to emerging voices. Past participants include Taro Aso, Shinzo Abe, Yoshihide Suga, Tadamori Oshima, Keizo Takemi, Taro Kono, Akihisa Nagashima, Shuji Kira, Shinjiro Koizumi, Keisuke Suzuki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Yasutaka Nakasone, Arfiya Eri, Richard Armitage, Karan Bhatia, Kurt Campbell, Victor Cha, Charlie Cook, Michael J. Green, Matthew Goodman, John Hamre, Christopher Johnstone, J. Thomas Schieffer, Andrew Shearer, James Steinberg, Angela Stent, and Kurt Tong.